Zend framework is an open source framework for building more secure, reliable, robust and faster Web 3.0 applications & web services. Created by Zend, the PHP company, Zend framework is based on simplicity, object-oriented best practices, corporate friendly licensing and a rigorously tested agile codebase.
How does Zend Framework empower enterprises?
Modular Design, Components and Compatibility
Zend’s MVC design pattern allows you to separate presentation, business logic and data access to keep the code well organized. Because of its flexible architecture, Zend’s 
all components are loosely tied. This gives the PHP application developers an option of either using framework components separately or combining them as per their specific needs and preferences. It is compatible with diverse databases (MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Postgre SQL, SQLite and others), APIs and Web Services (Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Amazon, Flickr and StrikeIron).
Great Simplicity, Flexibility & Stability for Rapid Application development
Zend Framework is very simple to use, lightweight and has loosely-coupled component library that lets you to easily customize it according to your specific business needs. Its extensible and well-tested code base, flexible architecture and best practices are important factors in adoption decisions which also reduce training costs and quicker time-to-market. And its flexibility and stability allow you to maintain, test and release features the way you want.
Latest Web Development Features
- AJAX support through JSON – meet the ease-of-use requirements your users have come to expect
- Search – a native PHP edition of the industry-standard Lucene search engine
- Syndication – the data formats & easy access to them your Web 2.0 applications need
- Web Services – Zend Framework aims to be the premier place to consume & publish web services
- High-quality, object-oriented PHP 5 class library – attention to best practices like design patterns, unit testing, & loose coupling
Friendly & Simple Licensing, Safe for the Enterprise
Zend Framework's License is based on the simple and safe new BSD license. Thus, you can rest assure that your code is compliant, unimpeachable and protected as you decide to do.
Easy and Safe to Extend
Zend framework is enterprise-ready, stable and easy for you to extend, re-test with your extensions, and further maintain.
Other reasons why you should use Zend Framework for your next project
- Very active community
- Backed by Zend, the PHP company and IBM
- Technology partners: Adobe, Google, IBM, Microsoft, etc.
OSSCube, Zend Center of Excellence, offers Zend Framework based services to solve the problems of any complexity in web application development. Implementing Zend Framework, we have rapidly developed robust, scalable and secure applications for different industry verticals with the latest Web 3.0 features and corporate-friendly functionality.
